Peters



D. FOX. Cap.

Patented' Apr (No Model.)

INVENTOR ffy wlTNBssBs ATTORNEY NVPETERS, PHOTO-LIYMDGAPHER. WASHINGTON D. C.

y UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

DAVID FOX, OF NEW YORK, NY., ASSI'GNOR TO DAVID FOX, OF SAME PLAGE.

CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,758, dated April 5, 1881. Application tiled February 9, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID FOX, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and .Improved Cap; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ot" the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specication.

This invention is in the nature of an iinprovement in caps; and the invention consists in a cap constructed `with a fixed water-proof body and water-proofprotector-covers, in combination with a'cloth ear andneck protector and a removable cloth cover to it over the Vwater-proof cap-body and protector-covers, as

is more particularly hereinafter described. In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Fi ure l representsa perspective view of my cap with cloth cover in place and cloth protector turned up; Fig. 2,-a longitudinal section of same; Fig. 3, a rear view of same with cloth protector turned down, and representing the rearlower edge ot cloth cover slightly turned `up to show hook; Fig. 4, a perspective view may he of any desired shape or size, and made of sheet india-rubber or any other suitable water-prooi material properly lined. To this body, at its front, is lixed an ordinary visor, B, covered with cloth and suitably lined.

Surrounding this water-proof body A are protector-covers G, also made from sheet-rubber or other suitable water-proof material. These protector-covers may he in two parts, a and b, and he united to the cap-body A at their lower edges by sewing or otherwise, so that they can be turneddowrnand over the ears and neck of the wearer to protect them from cold and inclement weather. Also,`to the bod y A, and encircling its lower part, is secured, at its lower edge, a cloth `and non-waterproof ear and neck protector, D. This last-named protector may have its front ends united by an elastic or otherwise, and at. its rear a slit, d,

may he made extending to about one-half the width of the protector D. Across this slit is sewed a strip of elastic, e. Also, to the body A of' the cap, and at its front and rear, are

iixed eyes f, as is shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. Fitting over the water-proof hotly A and the water-proof protector-covers@ is a cloth cover, E, which is non-waterproof, and of the same material and color as are the protector D and the visor B ot the cap. This cover is of such size and shape as will enable it to accurately t over and cover the cap-body A and protector-covers (l, to which it is secured by hooks h and z', secured to the inner surface of the cover and near its lower edge, which hooks engage with the eyes f.

Now, my cap, when constructed substantially as above described, is, when the cover E is in place, to all appearances an ordinary cloth cap with a turn-down ear and neck protector; but when it rains or snows the cloth weathera body, A, of water-proof material,4

and its cloth ear and neck protector D, suitably covered by the protector-covers C, ot' like water-proof material, preventing them from becoming wet, uncomfortable, and injured.

When the cloth protector D is turned down to cover the cars and neck the slit d in the back of this protector facilitates this turning over or down, while the elastic e, sewed across the same, draws the sides of the slit d together, closing it, and causes the cloth protectorto hind snugly against the hack of th neck ot' the wearer.

To restore the appearance of the cap to that ot an ordinary cloth cap, it is simply necessary to turn up the water-proof protector-covers C around the body A of the cap, place the' cloth cover `E vover the water-proof body A and over the protector-covers O, insert the hooks h i in the eyes f, and then turn up the cloth protector D around the body of the cap, when IOO I claim as new and desire to secure b f Let-v 1. A cap with its body constructed of Waterproof material and with Water-proof protectorcovers fixed to the same, in combination with a cloth ear and neck protector and a removable cloth cover for the body of the cap, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a cap with a body of water-proof material, Water-proof covers made in two parts, in combination with a cloth ear and neck pro tector fixed to the body of the cap, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a cap, an ear and neck protector constructed with a slit, d, at its rear, extending from its upper edge to about one-,half of its Width, in combination with an elastic strip secured to the inner surface of the protector and sewed across the slit, substantially as and for the purpose described.

v DAVID FOX.

Witnesses H. L. WATTENBERG, G. M. PLYMPTON. 

